It was a hot summer day, and after hearing Zhu'er's report that Yu Ludai had taken Wan Jing to the Imperial Garden Lake to enjoy the cool air, Wen Xi asked the dining room to prepare ice bowls. Looking at the time, it was probably time to come back.
"Why do you always go to the Imperial Garden these days?" Wen Xi couldn't help but murmured to herself. Although it was cool by the lake, it was still quite muggy at noon. She often came back very late these days, and she loved running out at noon.
"Go and have a look." Wen Xi became confused and asked Xiaoluzi to get ready to ride on the canopy.
At the water pavilion by the lake in the Imperial Garden, Yu Ludai stared at the black and white chess game with her big eyes, and couldn't help but point fingers and say: "Sister Jing, there! There! Eat it, eat it!"
Wan Jing sighed helplessly, "Sixth Princess, you are a true gentleman who watches the chess game without speaking." As she spoke, the persistent chess piece in her hand fell to another place.
Yu Ludai muttered, "You can obviously eat that kid..."
"Yes? Why don't you eat it?" Wen Xi was also confused. She put a hand on Yu Ludai's shoulder, stretched her neck and looked at the chessboard.
"Auntie?!" Wan Jing's hand shook and she almost got off the wrong position. She hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Why are you here?"
The person playing chess with Wan Jing was the seventh prince Yinyou, the son of Concubine Cheng. He also hurriedly saluted and said: "I have met your concubine."
"It's not too hot to play chess outside?" Wen Xi asked with raised eyebrows, gently shaking the fan in her hand.
Behind Wanjing was the personal maid Lu Shao, who was fanning herself. The seventh elder brother only brought a kind-hearted little eunuch, and everyone was sweating heavily. Wan Jing hurriedly used the jade-colored branches she brought with her to break the branches. Wiping the sweat from the corners of his forehead and eyes with an embroidered handkerchief, he said: "Shuixie is quite refreshing. It's just that it's hot and windless today, so I'm sweating a little."
The princes and elder brothers are also very busy, so they can only take a break during the hottest time at noon. Yu Ludai always pulls Wanjing out before noon. It turns out there is a reason. The seventh elder brother is already thirteen or fourteen years old. They are young men, each tall, somewhat elegant and gentle. Although their literary talent is not outstanding among the many princes, they are very popular. They are also good-looking. They have red phoenix eyes inherited from the Aixinjueluo family. Some others looked majestic, some looked charming, but he looked very elegant, with a nose and mouth more like that of a concubine. The childishness of his face had not completely faded, but he was now a handsome young man.
"In a blink of an eye, everything has grown up." At the beginning, the seventh prince's feet were not yet agile and he could not walk steadily. He only liked to nest in Cheng Fei's arms and did not like to talk to others. His feet gradually improved, although he could not ride. Shoot. But he walks like an ordinary person, and he is naturally much more cheerful.
"It's already this time. Why doesn't Seventh Brother go to school?" Wen Xi was puzzled. The break at noon was very short and he could only have lunch.
Yinyou smiled and said: "The noble concubine forgot that there is an hour of riding and shooting time in the afternoon. I don't have to go."
Wen Xi said, "This is the permission of Kangxi. He said it so calmly, it seems that he has given up his inferiority complex. He can't ride and shoot. Even if he has no hope of becoming a powerful person, he will not be involved in the fight for the right to inherit the throne. He can still live a leisurely life. Some people will not be able to escape the position of prince in the future.
"It's noon, and Concubine Cheng is willing to let you out to warm up?" And she only brought a young eunuch, so it would be better if she didn't hide it from his mother.
With a gentle smile on his face, Yinyou said, "Eniang knows that."
Wen Xi made a sound and glanced at Wan Jing, "Even if I go out, I should bring someone out to fan you. It's hot in summer, and it gets even hotter at noon. Your concubine, Fujin, and your concubine don't want to do this kind of thing. Are you interested?" By the way, she glanced sideways at Wan Jing's expression. In this year's talent show, Concubine Cheng chose a Barda from a slightly better background for the Seventh Prince to be his concubine. The Queen Mother had previously rewarded him with a maid from her own palace. The seventh elder brother is a concubine. The seventh elder brother is only fourteen years old and already has two women.
Yinyou hurriedly wiped the sweat from his head with his sleeve, "I don't like to ask them to serve you. My mother has been suffering from the heat in the past two days, so I asked my children to serve my mother."
Wen Xi and Yin You were talking about his concubine Fu Jin and his concubine, and Wan Jing was not too surprised. Either she didn't have any special thoughts about the seventh prince, or she didn't mind the concubine's things at all. She sighed slightly, Then he ordered Zhu'er to give the ice bowls he brought to Yu Ludai, Wan Jing and Qi Age.
Wen Xi looked at the black and white chess game and felt a little dizzy. Such a dense game must have been played for a long time. The chess pieces were black and white jade chess pieces, which were given by Kangxi. Wen Xi gave them to Yu Ludai. Unexpectedly, She brought it to her. The chessboard was not from Chengqian Palace. Although it was only made of huanghuali wood, it looked like it had been used for many years. It must have belonged to the Seventh Prince.
The warm-skinned round fan pointed to a spot in the west corner. It was already surrounded by three pieces, but it didn't take the piece, so he asked, "Why didn't you play here just now?" In that case, White would have taken the black piece.
Yinyou couldn't help but smile a little strangely, and raised his hand and said: "Your concubine, you can give it a try."
Wen Xi was all dressed up, and she casually grabbed a piece from the camphor wood chess jar that contained white jade chess pieces. Wen Xi couldn't hold the chess piece between her index and middle fingers, she could only pinch it with her thumb, then it landed there with a click, and she took out the center piece. A sunspot appeared on the side. Yinyou then dropped a sunspot on one side, and the smile on his face became thicker.
"Huh?!" Wen Xi blinked hard, "I'm surrounded?!" The surrounding sunspots somehow connected together! When one sunspot fell, it changed the shape of the west corner.
Wan Jing then explained: "This is a trap set by Brother Seven. If you lose a position just to gain a son, it is not worth it."
Wen Xi smiled sheepishly, feeling very embarrassed, and asked: "Can you regret playing chess?" After saying that, she felt her face was burning. She used to regret playing chess with Kangxi, but now she is playing with a child. I regretted playing chess so much that my face inevitably turned red.
Yin Youdao didn't think anything of it, and spoke in a gentle and elegant manner, "Of course you can, I just told you to give it a try." Then he took back the chess piece. Wen Xi also immediately put back the black piece that he had eaten, and everything returned to normal. In place. The seventh elder brother is still easy to talk to. Kangxi is stingy. Every time he regrets his move, he yells and screams and refuses. He talks about being a man without regrets. She is a woman, okay? What kind of man does she pretend to be? Naturally, Wen Xi is the least capable of playing chess. Tasty.
Yu Ludai muttered with a red mouth: "Eniang always likes to regret her chess..."
Can you please stop exposing your mother's shortcomings? Wen Xi immediately glared at Yu Ludai. Yu Ludai really followed her and loved to play chess, but he always lost. Even Yinlu couldn't play, let alone others. Already.
Yinyou said: "Of course you can't regret playing chess, but since it's a try, it's okay."
Yinyou looked up at the clock and said, "It's time for E Niang to take medicine. I want to leave first."
Wen Xi nodded, glanced at Wan Jing who was a little reluctant, and said: "Jing'er, go to Brother Songsong Qi."
"Yes, aunt." Wan Jing unconsciously smiled on her face.
Wanjing has hot filial piety and cannot wear bright red or purple clothes. Today she wears light aqua clothes, which are as elegant as a half-opened magnolia and graceful. Compared with the red flowers and willows in the palace, Wanjing is more eye-catching.
Leading Yulu Dai back to the palace, Wen Xi stood aside and asked with a stern face: "When did it start?!" She actually dared to hide it from her. This damn girl was getting more and more courageous. She didn't know Wan Wan Is Jing still observing her filial piety? What if bad rumors spread out?!
Yu Ludai stuck out his tongue playfully and said, "Sister Jing likes to play chess, and Brother Qi also likes to play chess, so they can just play chess together!"
"Bi'er likes sister Jing very much. If she can marry the seventh brother, it will be an extra kiss, isn't it?" Yu Ludai blinked her big beautiful eyes and said coquettishly while tugging on her warm sleeves.
As she was talking, Wanjing came back and left empty-handed, but she didn't come back empty-handed. When she came back, Lu Shao and Lu Yao's arms were full of things. Lu Shao held a few pieces of shark yarn that had just entered the palace this summer and Snow satin is also a first-class material in the palace; Green Medicine holds some bird's nests and donkey-hide gelatin in its arms, both of which are good nourishing things.
You can tell from the looks of it that Concubine Cheng naturally knew about the mid-day chess game and was happy about it. Wen Xi called Wan Jing over, sat on the embroidered pier under her right hand, and said in a gentle tone: "After all, there are many people in the Imperial Garden. If it is passed down, If something bad happens if you go out... I'd better not go there again."
Wan Jing was a little gloomy, but she still nodded and said: "Jing'er understands."
Wen Xi hummed, with a smile on her face, and said, "But Concubine Cheng has a very good temper. If you fall in love with her, you should go and say hello from time to time."
Wan Jing suddenly smiled with sweet dimples on her cheeks, "Thank you, aunt!"
Wen Xi smiled and took out a volume of chess records and said, "This is Huang Longshi's chess record. I don't understand it, so I'll give it to you."
Wan Jing's eyes suddenly glowed with gold, and she couldn't help but open the page and read. Huang Longshi's chess skills are famous all over the world. Even though there are many national players in the world, Huang Longshi is revered as the "Sage of Chess". His chess records are very precious and are not easy to obtain among the people. Yes, there are a lot of chess records in the palace. Huang Longshi and his disciple Xu Xingyou were both enshrined in the inner court by Kangxi, with the rank of fifth rank. Unfortunately, in the 29th year of Kangxi, Huang Longshi passed away in middle age, and Kangxi was deeply saddened.
The ten games of chess he played with Xu Xingyou before his death were truly unparalleled. Unfortunately, after playing these ten games, he overworked himself and exhausted all his efforts, so he died that night. Therefore, these ten games of chess are known as the "Blood and Tears Spectrum".
Wan Jing naturally regarded it as a treasure and refused to relax for a moment, so she couldn't help but observe. Wen Xi smiled slightly and went to take a nap in the inner room.
While I was half asleep, I heard a crisp sound outside, and I guessed it was Wanjing arranging the chess scores. I guess Wanjing was a very fond of chess, and it was hard to avoid hardship during the period of mourning, so it was good to do something she liked to do to pass the time. Wan Jing has a great temperament, it would be great if Yu Ludai could learn from her.
A young girl of twelve or thirteen years old is the age when love begins, and Wenbi doesn't stop her. Wanjing is not Ruyan, she acts in a measured way, and occasionally gives instructions and reminders from behind. If it can really work out, , the center of mass is also better.
Wen Xi closed her eyes, gradually becoming sleepy. There was a cool breeze blowing in the Bisha cupboard, and there was an ice basin, which was very cool. There were also many herbs such as mint and perilla, which were more elegant than the smell of incense. Wen Xi lay on her side.
On the beauty's couch, my breathing gradually became even. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)